Kimberly Gandy, MD, PhD
Titles
Pediatric cardiothoracic surgeon, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin; associate director, Children's Research Institute; associate professor, Surgery (Cardiothoracic and Cell Biology, Neurobiology and Anatomy), Medical College of Wisconsin.
Division
Cardiothoracic Surgery
Research center/program
Cardiothoracic Surgery, Herma Heart Center
Research interests
Heart disease, solid organ transplantation.
Study interests
Cardiac surgery, heart transplant, lung transplant, mechanical assist devices.
Education
Medical degree, Northwestern University, Evanston, Ill., 1990; surgical intern/resident, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1993; postdoctoral fellow, Cardiothoracic Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, Calif., 1995; doctorate, Stanford University, Palo Alto, Calif., 1998; senior resident, Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, N.C., 2000; resident, Cardiothoracic Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, N.C., 2003; fellowship, Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, Calif., 2004.
Honors
The Lisa Stafford Memorial Research Prize DUMC for innovative research from a new investigator, 2001; The Bettie F. Pitts Memorial Heart Disease Research Award, 2005; PANDA Scholar, Ariz., 2005.
Representative publications
Gandy KL, Weissman IL. Tolerance of Heart Grafts Produced in Mice Simultaneously Reconstituted with Purified Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cells. Transplantation. 1998 Feb. 15; 295-304.
Domen J, Gandy KL, Weissman IL. Overexpression of BCL-2 Protects Transgenic Mice from the Consequences of Lethal Irradiation. Blood. 1998; 198:2272-2282.
Gandy KL, Domen J, Aguila L, Weissman IL. The CD8+TCR+ and CD8+TCR- Subpopulations of Whole Bone Marrow Facilitate Engraftment of Hematopoietic Cells Across Allogeneic Barriers. Immunity. 1999 Nov.; 11:579-590.
Akashi K, Kondo M, Chesier S, Shizuru J, Gandy K, Domen J, Mebius R, Traver D, Weissman I. Lymphoid Development from Stem Cells and the Common Lymphoid Progenitors. Cold Spring Harbor Symposium on Quantitative Biology. 1999; LX14:1-12.
Gandy KL. Tolerance Induction for Solid Organ Grafts with Donor-Derived Hematopoietic Reconstitution. Immunologic Research. 2000; 22(2-3):147-164.
Grants
The Use of Autologous Hematopoietic Stem Cells in Tolerance Induction for Organ Transplantation, Thoracic Surgery Foundation for Research and Education Nina Starr Braunwald Award, principal investigator: Kimberly Gandy, MD, PhD, co-investigator: Jos Domen, PhD.
The Use of Bone Marrow to Reduce Damage Due to Cardiomyopathy, Children's Research Institute Pilot Initiative Research Award, principal investigator: Jos Domen, PhD, co-investigator: Kimberly Gandy, MD, PhD.
The Use of Myeloid Progenitors to Improve Immune Competence After HSC Transplantation for Tolerance Induction, Advancing a Healthier Wisconsin, principal investigator: Jos Domen, PhD, co-investigator: Kimberly Gandy, MD, PhD.
The Immune Competence of Children after Congenital Heart Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin-CTSI, principal investigator: Kimberly Gandy, MD, PhD, co-investigator: Jos Domen, PhD.
Contact
Children's Hospital of Wisconsin
PO Box 1997
Suite C550
Milwaukee, WI 53201-1997
Phone: (414) 266-2070
E-mail: kgandy@mcw.edu
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